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Does recorded music always sound better on vinyl?
| luke the drifter | 09/19/26 |
| hex | 09/19/26 |
| peeface | 09/19/26 |
| TurboGrafx-67 | 09/19/26 |
| peeface | 09/19/26 |
| zarathustra | 09/19/26 |
| raped/touched/licked/fucked | 09/19/26 |
| scholarship | 09/19/26 |
| raped/touched/licked/fucked | 09/19/26 |
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Date: September 19th, 2026 10:17 PM Author: luke the drifter (definite and ineradicable gauge of its upward moving) As far as I can tell with vinyl you get some crackling static sound as the needle rides those concentric grooves, but it’s not too annoying. I have read that some think this makes the recording sound warmer. I wouldn’t go that far. It’s definitely distracting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905299&forum_id=2).#50144651) |
Date: September 19th, 2026 10:23 PM Author: hex yeah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905299&forum_id=2).#50144659) |
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Date: September 19th, 2026 10:27 PM Author: peeface no. but there is a different listening process, and a physical aspect, that makes it an enjoyable alternative to the algorithmic digital music machine.
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Date: September 19th, 2026 10:29 PM Author: TurboGrafx-67 The best sound takes uncompressed raw digital data and uses a complicated process to make it analog
Even if it's vinyl they convert it to digital first. Then back to analog |
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Date: September 19th, 2026 10:34 PM Author: peeface there are still some autists making records with a fully analog process for other autists, but usually nothing anyone normal listens to. the beatles mono reissue probably the closest we come to anything commercial.
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Date: September 19th, 2026 11:11 PM Author: zarathustra it's not the cracking and imperfections that make it "warmer" the medium itself produces subtly different harmonics. but you have to be an autist about it or at least an attentive listener to perceive any difference most of the time. i think technically reel to reel is the highest fidelity analog medium and is less susceptible to audible wear. digital wins on absolute fidelity across the board. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905299&forum_id=2).#50144721) |
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Date: September 19th, 2026 11:30 PM Author: raped/touched/licked/fucked (Prestige Feuds) This is cr. Electromagnetic tape is substantially higher fidelity than vinyl. Vinyl is fundamentally lossy. There isn't enough space on a disc to capture all the bass waves the lowest of which would be the entire width of an LP. In the mastering process low waves are filtered out. So are high waves which the needle can't capture because it would fly out of the groove. If you like vinyl, you like music that sounds worse or at least does not contain all the data in the recording. Tape comes very close but is expensive and cumbersome to reproduce. Digital is above tape. Red book CD has never been improved upon. The format is essentially the final form. Boomers claim they get listening fatigue from CDs because they're overwhelmed by too much sonic data and would rather a song sound shittier and be missing some pieces so their geriatric brain can handle it for longer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905299&forum_id=2).#50144733) |
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Date: September 19th, 2026 11:17 PM Author: scholarship No. As far as fidelity goes it technically almost always sounds worse than a cd. CD is as true as ears can hear. But a lot of vinyls are mastered differently and you get a different sound. And the pops and crackles are kind of fun. And the giant albums and the album art are fun. And the whole ritual is neat and some albums have unreleased tracks only on vinyl etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905299&forum_id=2).#50144726) |
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Date: September 19th, 2026 11:33 PM Author: raped/touched/licked/fucked (Prestige Feuds) The main reason for the resurgence in vinyl was it became a rare collectible commodity. All of the goofy neon colored vinyl and rare releases made it something people could collect. It's like having a nice watch or a baseball cards collection. Modern vinyl heads are in it for the value and investment. It's like hey own a piece of something no one else knows about or has or can get. That's the whole point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5905299&forum_id=2).#50144735) |